---
id: CVE-2025-12629
title: >-
  The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise and
  escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a
  Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege
  users such as a…
summary: >-
  The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise and
  escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a
  Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege
  users such as a…
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'
published: '2025-11-24'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T10:10:00.227'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12629'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/528e9775-3a2d-4e52-92f7-f123ad787e7d/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00173
epssPercentile: 0.06104
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T10:28:21.810Z'
---

## Overview

The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.